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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-055205
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One rim sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, of Roman dating (2nd to 4th Centuries AD).
The rim sherd consists of a fabric similar to that known as a local miscellaneous (unsourced) white ware, dating from the 2nd to 4th Centuries AD. The sherd probably originally came from a low open dish or bowl.
The sherd measures 6.5 mm thick and weighs 32.1 grams. It measures 38.8 mm in length and 70.2 mm wide.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: local (unsourced) white ware
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim type: RE (Rounded Direct, Everted forward).
Rim diameter: 19 cm
% of Rim present: 12.5%
Sherd thickness: 6.5 mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, oxidised core, oxidised interior
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth
Surface treatment: none.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd has been photographed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.8 mm
Width: 70.2 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 32.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Stafford (District)
Parish or ward: Barlaston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ8938
Four figure Latitude: 52.93927903
Four figure longitude: -2.16512126
1:25K map: SJ8938
1:10K map: SJ83NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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